Ralph Lauren quietly shuttered its two-year-old 20,000-square-foot store last week. Other brands are expected to close boutiques in a city that has lost its luster for cash-rich mainland Chinese tourists.

When a handcuffed Jaynie Mae Baker arrived at the State Supreme Court in lower Manhattan for her arraignment on Tuesday, it wasn’t only the count of promoting prostitution, for which she faces a potential seven-year sentence, that caught attention. Her understated beauty also turned a few heads. Clad in a sky-blue blouse and flat-front khaki pants, her strawberry blonde hair blown out to appealing imperfection, Baker looked the personification of waspy charm. Meanwhile, her alleged accomplice, Anna Gristina, who ran the brothel for which Baker was supposedly recruiting, did her court turn last week in a practical herringbone knit, prompting the media to dub her the “Soccer Mom Madam.” Oh, how the madams have changed. WWD takes a look at the evolution, from painted lady to willowy blonde next door.

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@rebeccaminkoff is bringing self-checkout to high fashion: The brand has partnered with @queuehop to bring its customers self-checkout options, beginning this holiday season at its SoHo store. (📷: @aurorarosephoto)

It was a big night for Demna Gvasalia at the Fashion Awards 2016 in London: The designer took home the award for international ready-to-wear designer for his work at @balenciaga, while his brand @vetements_official scooped international urban luxury brand. (📷: @giovanni_giannoni_photo)

Despite decades of enforcement, the plague of sweatshops still exists in America: "The sad reality is for workers in this industry there are still incredible problems and workers in this industry are subjected to inexcusable levels of violations of our basic labor standards." - David Weil, The Department of Labor Wage and Hour